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[StartQuote] Frank, I think the guys in New Orleans just planked their entire deck and photos of their methods used was posted by Randy Smith on this message board about 12 months ago! Dont you remember seeing all those wonderful photos? The inner layer was diagonal planks, then they put down that canvas covered with Dolphinite on both sides, then they planked the outer layer with mahogany planks aligned fore and aft with a king plank down the middle. Then they attached it with bronze screws through both layers into the deck beams and then added hundreds of copper rivets to hold the inner and outer layers together. There is no "caulking" per say between the planks, the dolphinite squeezes up between the plank edges to some degree. I am sure Randy can be more specific. But my point is that they did this job on PT305 exactly the way the boats were originally built, and using the exact same meterials and methods for historical accuracy. So it was planked decks that maybe were painted over, and a barely noticable seam between each plank. I hope Randy puts his two cents in! Jerry Jerry Gilmartin[EndQuote]
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